This standard covers the competences you need to analyse the acceptability of safety control measures for specific explosive substances and/or articles, in accordance with approved procedures and practices.
You will be required to demonstrate that you can establish that the environments the explosives are exposed to and evaluate risks and the customers proposed mitigation strategies. You will then either confirm the acceptability of the proposed safety control measures or make recommendations to amend them in accordance with approved procedures and practices.
This activity is likely to be undertaken by someone whose work role involves Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions or Explosives work activities. This includes individuals working as explosives safety managers, advisers and regulators.
P1 work safely at all times, complying with health and safety, environmental and other relevant regulations, legislation and guidelines
P2 establish any discrepancies between the intended and actual environments in which the explosive substance and/or article is exposed to during its life
P3 ensure that the information provided is current, complete, accurate and valid
P4 evaluate the risks as presented by the customer, against the agreed criteria
P5 evaluate the customer’s proposed mitigation strategies against the agreed risk tolerability criteria
P6 give your customer feedback on developments during the course of your assessment
P7 confirm the acceptability of the proposed safety control measures or make recommendations according to the findings of your analysis
P8 inform your customer promptly of the findings of your assessment
K1 the health, safety and environmental and other statutory legislation, regulations and safe working practices and procedures governing explosives and their implications for your area of work
K2 the relevance of personal protective equipment (PPE)
K3 the nature, characteristics, hazards and risks of the explosive substances and/or articles
K4 the actions to be taken in response to an unplanned event
K5 the safety design requirements of the explosive substance or article
K6 the potential interface with other equipments/systems that might compromise safety
K7 the functioning of the explosive substance or article
K8 the current point in the life of the explosive substance or article
K9 sources of information and relevant guidance
K10 how to evaluate and validate information
K11 the hazard assessment process
K12 any specific requirements
K13 the tolerances of the explosive substance or article, in terms of the environment
K14 the agreed criteria against which to carry out your evaluation
K15 the factors affecting risk tolerability
K16 how the risk tolerability criteria are established
K17 the acceptability of the proposed control measures
K18 the requirements of the organization’s safety management system
K19 your customer, their level of technical understanding, and their needs
K20 the importance of documenting your recommendations, actions and your rationale
1 Information: complete; incomplete
2 Explosives safety management system: where requirements are met; where
requirements are not met
3 Reviews: planned; unplanned
Note: this standard is relevant to the following areas: design of ESA; test
programmes; mitigations; cautions; constraints; restrictions of use; transport;
storage or any other functional area; facilities required/requirements; incident
management and emergency procedures; changes to ESA policy and/or
legislation